Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)

Mr. and Mrs. Smith is True Lies five years later if Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis had a falling out or received mutual sanction orders. Mr. and Mrs. Smith is One Fine Day if George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer were married (sans kids) and had access each to their own military-grade weapon arsenals. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are superb in their roles as "Mr. and Mrs. Smith." Each spouse, unbeknownst to the other, has been a lethal assassin for hire, perhaps at times for opposing agencies or sides. Trained not to reveal anything personal about themselves to anyone, their affluent yet sanitized married life involves never talking about their work and archly commenting on the peas in their evening meal. Ultimately, Mrs. Smith receives a contract to kill Mr. Smith and vice versa. Guns and rocket launchers soon commence to blaze. They race each other home and begin pockmarking and shredding the walls of their lovely home with rounds of automatic weapons fire. "Baby...? Are you still alive...?" says Angelina as she stalks her prey. Their married-couple affection (real or feigned -- who knows with a contract killer?) is a wonderful comic foil to their ballistic mayhem, which is obviously just a coarser expression of any marital tiff or spat. One thing is certain: You won't hear Angelina say "I'm going home to mother!" 4.5 stars.